Michael Appleton enjoyed his first victory since taking the helm at Blackburn
Rovers, but an encouraging afternoon will have been tainted by a glance at
the npower Championship table, which shows they are ten points adrift of the
play-off places.

Next up are home matches against struggling Bristol City and Ipswich Town.
Scott Dann, the Blackburn defender, believes workrate will be important. “A
new manager brings new ideas and the biggest thing he wants from us is to
put a shift in,” Dann said. “We have to keep that effort, energy and
workrate up, going into the next game.”